Okuma quite frankly sucked until just a few years ago, however the listened... And at present they have produced some of the nicest reels on the market. There are probably still a few models which can cheritibly be described as clunkers, but they also have some best in class products now. Need convincing? Fish an Andros or Makaira.

I have a Trio 30S fixed spool and it's stem sometimes flexes a bit too much for my liking - and that's only under freshwater fish loading.

That aside, I really need a baitcaster with the biggest capacity I can get in a lefty. What I really need is a lefty Tranx. Knowing that won't happen, the Lexa 400 is next on the bill. Do you know when you're expecting these in Mark?

Sorry one more question. Do you happen to know if the high speed Lexas (which I'm after) that have the power handle can interchange their handles with the twin paddle version and vice versa? If they do, will the alternate handles be available for sale?